tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post2932898020693864408..comments2023-10-27T04:26:57.609-07:00Comments on InvestorCentric: Could Legalizing Marijuana Help Solve California's Budget Problems?NuWire Investorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512928198926080436noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post-88490524969869839572009-06-20T14:27:54.396-07:002009-06-20T14:27:54.396-07:00If you separate marijuana from controled substance...If you separate marijuana from controled substances like it should be then it would not be as likely to be a gateway to the dangerous drugs. Alot of people start using the bad ones because they can not get marijuana. It would be great to regulate the quality. We would get our kids away from the street dealers that are the ones that intice them to use other drugs. The de-illegalization of marijuana was based on lies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post-3473315953009201962009-05-16T10:51:00.000-07:002009-05-16T10:51:00.000-07:00I encouraged my children, as teenagers, to smoke p...I encouraged my children, as teenagers, to smoke pot and stay away from drinking and others drugs. My goal was to get them into adulthood alive. <br /><br />From their late teens until their early twenties they did try other drugs. Then they wanted to have families and be more a part of our society and realized the wisdom of dad's advice.<br /><br />Having a few friends die or end up with long-term jail sentences because of meth or popping pills with alcohol has a sobering effect also. <br /><br />Too many resources in terms of lost productivity, prison costs, and crime prevention is wasted on marijuana, a historically beneficial plant for humanity.<br /><br />We are a healthy, vibrant, community-contributing family of 2+3+3 with strong moral values.<br />It is wrong to be so critical of pot smokers while sanctifying the bad behavior of cigarette smokers, alcoholics, and pharmaceutical abusers.<br /><br />Time to grow up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post-57695888203239034802009-05-14T14:44:00.000-07:002009-05-14T14:44:00.000-07:00I have never heard anyone comment on how we can pr...I have never heard anyone comment on how we can protect our youth by legalizing pot. First, they will not be associating with gangsters to make their purchases. Secondly, the quality of the pot will be regulated, insuring that dangerous drugs have not been added to the weed. Thirdly, legalized vendors won't be allowed to sell pot to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post-55139727936816662682009-05-14T14:38:00.000-07:002009-05-14T14:38:00.000-07:00I am a 65 year old woman. The only reason I don't...I am a 65 year old woman. The only reason I don't smoke pot is because it is illegal. I think about smoking it everyday-very well knowing it would make my arthritic pain more tolerable. I don't take the prescription drugs that my doctor prescribes because of the side effects. I want my freedoms to include pot. I want it legalized before I die of old age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post-12384264311803798492009-05-13T16:12:00.000-07:002009-05-13T16:12:00.000-07:00Hopefully this is a good place to share a website ...Hopefully this is a good place to share a website that a few folks have put together in order to expose the truth about marijuana's safety, healing effects, and the propaganda that has been running the show for the past 70 years of prohibition: http://patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com/samanthahttp://patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post-72110305996655140622009-05-13T05:34:00.000-07:002009-05-13T05:34:00.000-07:00I'm disappointed that Schwarzenegger would even co...I'm disappointed that Schwarzenegger would even consider this. I don't believe it's true that those who don't smoke it won't start if it's made legal. Young adults are popping pills all over the place. It's hard to find a <A HREF="http://www.drugrehabreferral.com" REL="nofollow">drug treatment</A> center that doesn't have people in there because of pills - legal drugs like OxyContin, Xanax, and so on - <br />and many of them are taking 15 pills simultaneously. One of the reasons why pills are becoming so widely used is because they're so accessibile. Just go to the medicine cabinet.<br /><br />If marijuana is legalized, people who wouldn't otherwise try it will do so because it, too, will be more accessible and there won't be any legal repercussions.<br /><br />And there are plenty of people who move on to other drugs. I did drugs for years - including, and starting with, marijuana - and have also been involved in drug treatment for even more years. I've known hundreds of people who started with marijuana and went on to other drugs.<br /><br />I would like to see <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anthony-papa/should-marijuana-be-legal_b_202065.html" REL="nofollow">Alec Baldwin's</A> viewpoint polled so we can find out how many of those who think marijuana should be legalized already smoke it. Let's see some demographics on the people who are voting yay or nay. And let's see their reasoning. Are they in favor because it will help solve budgetary problems? Are they in favor because they've become completely apathetic about fighting it? Or do they truly believe it's okay for people to be drugged?Glorianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post-7390031368239030592009-05-12T14:26:00.000-07:002009-05-12T14:26:00.000-07:00I agree the gateway argument is just wrong. If the...I agree the gateway argument is just wrong. If there's any reason that people who smoke pot get into other drugs, beyond the small percentage who just want to try everything, it's their dealers want to move them from something relatively benign, cheap, and easy to put down, to something that's more expensive (i.e. higher profits), more addicting (keeps you coming back), and shorter term highs (so you have to buy more often). Crack, meth, and heroin all fit that bill perfectly. If you sold pot in licensed stores, you'd immediately see a huge decrease in violent crime, and in the number of people using the three "bad" drugs mentioned above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529580665294663953.post-89276421305674726982009-05-12T12:57:00.000-07:002009-05-12T12:57:00.000-07:00Legalize it and treat it like alcohol - plain and ...Legalize it and treat it like alcohol - plain and simple.<br /><br />After 6 months of being legal, the same people who smoke, will smoke. The people who don't won't.<br /><br />Not much will change.<br /><br />And I'm so sick of the Gateway Drug Argument. Alcohol is the ultimate gateway drug. It's most people's first buzz. And if they like it, they want more. All of my successful friends that smoke never got into coke or crack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com